Opinion

Dear Editor, ‘The T/20 matches were good news’ (SN, Jan 13), was the title of V O Patrick’s letter after so much negative news on or about Guyana.

As the year turned and Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller addressed the people of Jamaica, their main concerns seem to have been to hear from her some indication of when, and on what basis, the now prolonged discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be concluded.

Dear Editor, “In India a 23-year-old student takes a bus home from a movie and is gang-raped and assaulted so viciously that she dies two weeks later.

Dear Editor, A happy new year to all your readers. I am writing in response to an enquiry by one of your journalists on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the ruling of Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang, in the matter of the gag order imposed in the National Assembly on Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article ‘Hughes dropped from list of speakers at Linden meeting -declines offer to present “greetings,”’ Stabroek News, January 14.

Dear Editor, Former Speaker Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s recent column in the Stabroek News – ‘The PPP’s enduring fears‘ (January 14) is a brilliant reflection, from the inside, on the principal factor that has informed the PPP’s political behaviour since it took office in 1992.

Dear Editor, I wish to publicly show my appreciation to the management of the Pegasus Hotel, particularly the security personnel who demonstrated honesty and integrity in the execution of their duties.

Dear Editor, I have sedulously sought refuge in my self-imposed retirement to retain my sanity, away from the cut and thrust of my quondam public engagements, both parliamentary and judicial.

Last weekend’s announcement by the Chinese company Bai Shan Lin that it is seeking to recruit 700 workers with various types of skills to work in areas associated with its multi-sectoral investment in Guyana got the attention of most, if not all, of the media houses – and with good reason.

Dear Editor, It’s a new year so let each and every Guyanese at home and overseas see a clean Guyana by clearing all the piles of garbage, particularly in the city.

Dear Editor, In a letter in Kaieteur News on December 29, 2012 titled `Let’s help our Devons’ penned by Dr Sewnauth Punalall, I was disheartened to read his attempt to manipulate a shocking case of murder to launch an offensive attack on our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Guyanese sisters and brothers.

Dear Editor, The decision of Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the greatest batsman of any era, not to retire from Test cricket at present is a great boost to the survival of the longer version of the game, following his retirement from one day cricket which he also dominated with consummate precision.

Dear Editor, Interesting letters join the discussion on sexual violation and Islam.

Dear Editor, For someone like Ms Doreen Nelson, General Manager of the National Insurance Scheme, with reportedly more than 25 years of service, to be accused of being disrespectful to the Board of which she is deputy Chairperson, there has to be a plausible reason for the resignation in apparent anger.

Dear Editor, January 9, 2013 is a watershed day in Guyana’s history.

Dear Editor, I cannot refrain from writing a short note on behalf of the Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj and the members of its Guyana Chapter after I heard of the sudden demise of a dear friend of the organization, Mrs Ismay Spooner, Guyana’s oldest living person.

This morning, the Ministry of Agriculture is convening a conference to move the coconut industry forward and to review a work plan for 2013.